Over 160 rescued victims of the kidnapping incident that occurred in February 2026 in Woro Community, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, have reunited with their families, DAILY POST reports.
Spokesman of the local government council chairman, M.D. Baniya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday night.
The victims, who were rescued by joint security forces on August 4, 2026, were on Thursday taken back to their ancestral communities in Kaiama Local Government Area from Ilorin, the state capital, where they had been receiving medical attention since they were freed from captivity.
“In a remarkable show of leadership and community unity, the freed Woro abductees have finally returned to Kaiama after more than two weeks of medical recovery in Ilorin.
“Their journey home was not a solitary one; it was a royal and official procession, led by the executive chairman of Kaiama Local Government, Hon. Abubakar Abdullahi Danladi, who personally saw to it that every victim was safely escorted back.
“With the chairman were two towering figures of the Kaiama Emirate: His Royal Highness, Alh. Omar Shehu Muazu, the Bagidi Kiyaru IV and Emir of Kaiama, whose royal presence blessed the homecoming, and Ahmed Ibn Mohammad, the Kiwazi of Wojibe.
“The entourage travelled all the way from Ilorin to Kaiama, ensuring that the victims, many still frail but hopeful, arrived with dignity and honour.
“As the delegation rolled into town, the air was thick with emotion: tears of joy, prayers of gratitude and cheers of relief from families who had waited for moths in agony.
“Today (Thursday), the nightmare ends. Tomorrow, healing begins. And in Kaiama, the people have shown once again that no one walks alone when community, tradition and leadership stand as one,” the statement said.
The spokesman said the Kaiama council boss, Abubakar Abdullahi Danladi, thanked President Bola Tinubu and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for their swift intervention and commitment to the safety of the victims.
He also thanked the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, for his relentless advocacy and solidarity.
The chairman thanked the Emir of Kaiama, Alh. Omar Shehu Muazu, and members of the Kaiama Emirate Council for their prayers, guidance and moral support during the trying period.